Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
Tuesady, October 11, 1983 20:53 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ABOUT 1.5 MIN AFTER DEPARTING SPRINGFIELD, IL, THE FLTCREW REPORTED A SLIGHT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, BUT THEY CONTINUED ON COURSE. ABOUT 33 MIN LATER & A FEW MIN BEFORE THE ACFT SHOULD HAVE REACHED ITS DESTINATION, THE ACFT CRASHED. IMPACT OCCURRED WHILE THE ACFT WAS DESCENDING IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. BEFORE CRASHING, THE PLANE'S HEADING HAD CHANGED ABOUT 180 DEG. A CVR TRANSCRIPT REVEALED THE L GENERATOR (GEN) HAD FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF & THE 1ST OFFICER HAD MISTAKENLYISOLATED THE R GEN. ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE THE R GEN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO THE DESTINATION RATHER THAN RETURN TO THE NEARBY DEPT ARPT. THE CLD BASES WERE AT 2000' MSL, BUT ATC COULD NOT PROVIDE AN IFR CLNC BELOW3000 FT. JUST BEFORE CRASHING, THE CREW INDICATED A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THE L GEN DRIVE SHAFT HAD SHEARED. THE REASON FOR THE R GEN NOT TO RESET WAS NOT DETERMINED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT RECURRENT FLTCREW TRAINING DID NOT PREPARE THE CREW TO UNDERSTAND & COPE WITH THE ELEC PROBLEM & THAT FAA SURVEILLANCE DID NOT DETECT THE TRNG DEFICIENCY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/11/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 2053 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | PINCKNEYVILLE |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 62274 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2045 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 411 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 1 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 17 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 8 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 10 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 10 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 3352 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 21244 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N748LL |
| NTSB Number | DCA84AA002 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | HAWKER SIDDELEY |
| Aircraft Model | HS-748-2A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | HS-748-2A |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 1716 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 64500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 61 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | 21182 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | AIR ILLINOIS, INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 201 |
| Operator City | CARBONDALE |
| Operator State | IL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 62901 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SPI |
| Departure City | SPRINGFIELD |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2020 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | MDH |
| Destination City | CARBONDALE |
| Destination State | IL |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:05AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |